Transmigrated as A Farm Girl Making Her Family Rich
Chapter 458 - 311: Rushing the Matchmaker_3

Chapter 458: Chapter 311: Rushing the Matchmaker_3

How old is my own daughter really? If it hadn’t been for what happened during the New Year, he probably wouldn’t have thought others were acting out of revenge.

Seeing his elder daughter’s haggard face at mealtime, Hongji felt a surge of discomfort as a father.

Mrs. Lai had previously misunderstood that Matchmaker Zhang was arranging matches for her husband, but she eventually realized that she had been mistaken.

However, she didn’t regret hitting the matchmaker, glancing at Mrs. Li with a somewhat strange look. This daughter-in-law, who appeared so weak, had been more fierce than her in striking the matchmaker today.

During the meal, she glared at Mrs. Li and mocked, "Usually acting so weak, I thought I was always the bad guy. Turns out it’s the dog that doesn’t bark that is the most dangerous."

These past few days, Hongji’s father had been busily preparing to become a bridegroom. He felt even more disgusted by Mrs. Lai’s attitude:

"What are you talking about during a peaceful meal?"

Being scolded by her husband only fueled Mrs. Lai’s anger from the past two days:

"Husband, isn’t it all because of you? You’ve saved so much private money, giving so much gift money to a lowly woman, even building her a separate house."

"That woman is your niece, isn’t it all because of you?"

Hongji’s father didn’t make things too clear, as there were children at the table and outsiders at home.

"Hmph, today someone sought to take advantage of your taking a concubine by proposing a marriage for your elder granddaughter. Your daughter-in-law sure is impressive, giving Matchmaker Zhang a beating," she said.

Hongji and his father asked simultaneously, "What exactly is going on here?"

Mrs. Li didn’t make a sound, just quietly feeding her son. She had intended to discuss it with her husband after returning to their room.

Her silence didn’t mean the anger in her heart had subsided. She felt that family might not let the matter rest easily.

"Matchmaker Zhang was proposing a match with the second son of Ye Zhiwei’s family. How young this little girl is, yet she’s already caught someone’s eye."

Mrs. Lai, who was indifferent to her granddaughter as if it was someone else’s matter, spoke detachedly.

At this moment, the only thing she cared about was her husband taking a concubine. Getting old and yet still having to compete, it just added to her frustration!

Ye Luoqi kept her head down, eating silently. In truth, she had no appetite, her mood had been off due to the day’s events.

She also feared worrying her family, so she kept her spirits down while continuing to eat quietly.

The grandmother was relentless; the sisters had been troubled and angry about the day’s events all along.

Just because their mother was silent didn’t mean they were always enduring their grandmother’s behavior.

With the intent of protecting their elder sister, the sisters glared at their grandmother subtly.

It was evident that their behavior as juniors was bad, and whatever they did seemed wrong. So their only recourse was to distract their grandmother from spouting more vicious words by focusing on what she cared about the most.

That woman, whom the grandmother was concerned about, hadn’t yet entered the household. But if she did, they would have to be on guard against her at all times, just as the grandmother would.

Suddenly, the sisters had an idea, starting their plan at the dinner table. They usually ate with proper manners, always giving way to their grandmother’s desired dishes.

The family was wealthy, with a table full of many dishes, yet the greedy grandmother would still compete with the children for food.

Especially for meat, she would fight to eat it at every meal.

The sisters wouldn’t eat from the dishes their grandmother had picked from or dishes in front of her.

Mrs. Lai, as usual in a bad mood, was still noisy when eating. The sounds of her eating overshadowed the entire family’s mealtime noises.

Mrs. Lai kept talking, yet she hadn’t noticed that many dishes on the table had quickly disappeared.

When she did realize what was happening, she could only glare at her granddaughters:

"Reincarnated as a starving ghost, huh? All you know is to eat, eat, eat. Just hurry up and go live at someone else’s house and stop wasting food."

Hongji was already angry and looking for a way to vent his frustration, so when his mother spoke those words:

"Mom, this is the start of the New Year, what are you saying? They are all your granddaughters. Can’t our family even afford to eat meat now?"

The anger and sorrow in Hongji’s eyes were evident. He always felt like his mother didn’t care for him and his children and that they weren’t her own flesh and blood.

In other families, sons were valued over daughters, but in his case, it was the opposite. Now, with his own daughters, the favoritism towards sons over daughters was showing again.

Mrs. Li, who had been eating silently, suddenly looked up sharply at her mother-in-law when she made that remark. Her gaze was stern, and it conveyed blame without words.

The previously gentle face and the constant smile that adorned it had been replaced by a look of disgust towards the mother-in-law.

Mrs. Lai hadn’t yet realized her own fault and habitually retorted to her son’s comment:

"Hmph, girls are just brought up to be married off to others. If someone comes to propose and sends her to another family, it’s only right. I haven’t said anything wrong."

Hongji’s father had previously tolerated Mrs. Lai because she was the only wife he had. Whatever she did was for the sake of their home, for their mutual benefit.

But now, his mentality had shifted, and the way he viewed his wife had changed too. He just felt that Mrs. Lai was becoming more and more repulsive.

Even to the point of loathing her. Just thinking about the beautiful woman soon entering the door, he said to his wife viciously:

"Can’t you even eat in peace? If there’s no food left, then stop eating. Do you need to eat more meat every day? Look at yourself, how fat have you become?"